Hi, I'm Elizabeth!

Programming Python (JAX, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Scikit‑learn, Scipy, Pandas, Numpy), Rust

DevOps AWS (Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA‑C003), GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

Software Development Linux, Shell (Bash/Zsh), Git, CI/CD

Product Management Notion, Figma, Miro, Trello, Jira

Braid Technologies — Tokyo, Japan

Technical Product Manager · July 2024 – Present

• Lead the product development of first‑of‑its‑kind, B2B AI engineering design software for Japan’s largest automotive companies.
• Lead strategy and implementation of LLM‑based assistants for design report generation.
• Define, organize, and delegate technical work to a 15‑person multi‑disciplinary and multi‑cultural team of software developers and researchers.
• Coordinate the execution of physics simulation, optimization, geometry generation, and software engineering stack behind a modern UX/UI.

Researcher · Jan 2023 – June 2024

• Developed domain‑specific languages for optimization procedures.
• Implemented prototype physics‑informed neural network models and analysis methods.
• Led the research and proposal of an AI‑optimized urban agriculture system in collaboration with Florian Busch Architects; the project was presented at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Arithmer — Tokyo, Japan

AI Engineer · Mar 2022 ‑ Dec 2022

• Implemented a deep learning model to classify and measure multiple objects from point cloud data in near real‑time.
• Helped develop and deploy a fluid simulation model and application for generating flood prediction maps in Japan.
• Collaborated with a bilingual team (Japanese‑ and English‑speaking) to develop software for disaster prevention and agriculture.

Tokyo Academics — Tokyo, Japan

Director of Research · Aug 2019 ‑ Sept 2021

• Spearheaded business development, sales, and operations of a high school research program.
• Hired andmanaged a 10‑person teaching team that served more than 50 students.
• Designed from scratch andmanaged a laboratory for student research projects and group classes.
• Taught advanced STEM courses and individual lessons on topics including AP Biology, AP Physics 1 and 2, AP Chemistry, and A‑Levels Biology.

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa — Honolulu, USA

Research Assistant · Aug 2016 ‑ May 2019

Researched the roles of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Laboratory skills include:

• Novel high‑throughput Arabidopsis pollen phenotyping method via modified Alexander viability staining.
• Quantitative reverse transcription‑PCR (qPCR) of splice variants in wild type andmutant Arabidopsis samples under stress.
• Fluorescent confocal microscopy of transfected Arabidopsis protoplasts to study protein co‑localization.

Syngenta — Tuscola, Kekaha, and Waterloo, USA

Production and Supply Development Program Associate · June 2015 ‑ June 2016

• Designed and led several field experiments to improve management of Fusarium molds in maize.
• Developed and taught a six‑week course to improve agricultural literacy and community relations.
• Responsible for field scouting and evaluating crop performance of inbred maize lines, including herbicide trait evaluations.

Production and Supply Intern · May 2014 ‑ Aug 2014

• Evaluated the efficacy and crop injury potential of an upcoming herbicide and shared findings through a farmer field demonstration.
• Helped manage more than one thousand acres of commercial maize seed production.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — Havana, Cuba

Intern · July 2013 ‑ Aug 2013

• Wrote a proposal in Spanish for the adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI), in conjunction with Conservation Agriculture (CA), to reduce rice production labor costs and reliance on water resources.
• Evaluated the state of food sovereignty in Cuba and the role of rice value chains in ensuring sustainable food security.